Has anybody tried pairing these two hops before in an ipa? If so what would be a suggestion for a good hop schedule? I have 2oz packs of these two (total 4oz of equinox and plethora of galaxy) and curious how they pair. Any help is appreciated
Galaxy and Equinox IPA??
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I've used them both but not together. For an IPA Id use a solid bittering hop like Warrior or Columbus which ever you prefer to about 35-40ibu. Then do a massive hopstand or whirlpool with equal parts of the 2 hops, aiming for about 150g for a 5Gal batch to get another 30-40ibu which will also provide a good amount of oils for flavour.
On the dry hop, the equinox can be for 5-7days however the Galaxy you want to do for 2-3 days max, after that at high volumes you can extract a grassy note to the flavour, not desirable.
What malt bill were you planning ?
On the dry hop, the equinox can be for 5-7days however the Galaxy you want to do for 2-3 days max, after that at high volumes you can extract a grassy note to the flavour, not desirable.
What malt bill were you planning ?
Trying to recover my all galaxy ipa grain bill but it's not on my phone right now... I want to say it's was like 10 pounds 2row then a small amount of Cara 40 for color and additional abv, should total about 12 pounds all together
I have not done both Galaxy and Equinox together. But in using Equinox I can tell you it easily overpowers due to its high oil content. So depending on what you're going for definitely keep that in mind. Maybe 2:1 Galaxy:Equinox would be good
I am working on an IPA using RedX malt and with Galaxy and Equinox but it won't be brewed for a few more weeks.
I am concerned about the comments on Equinox with many getting more of the green pepper than the tropical side so I'm likely going to be using the Equinox for 5 minutes, flameout and dry hop only until I can see what I get from them.
I am concerned about the comments on Equinox with many getting more of the green pepper than the tropical side so I'm likely going to be using the Equinox for 5 minutes, flameout and dry hop only until I can see what I get from them.
bransona
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Beware: equinox can be VERY OVERWHELMING, even in small portion. I'd make a single hop from both and let the galaxy be it's own star. I've played with equinox a lot,and even in 1/10 the amount of other hops, it cut through as dank and peppery as ever. YMMV.
Patrick87
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I haven't brewed with Galaxy yet, but I do have a pound in my freezer.
I have not been happy with Equinox at all. I really pick up on the "green pepper" flavor/aroma, even in small amounts. I would advise using it lightly.
For example, I just finished a keg of beer that had 4oz Mosiac/2oz Equinox in the hop stand and 4oz Mosiac/2oz Equinox in the dry hop. The Equinox flavor, surprisingly, completely over powered the Mosiac with it's "green pepper" flavor.
I brewed another beer a couple months ago that was 2:1 Citra/Equinox, and even as strong as Citra is, I still got an unpleasant Equinox flavor/aroma.
With that being said, I made one beer that had Equinox in it that was great. Of the 6oz hopstand only 1 oz was Equinox, the other 5 were all different varieties. The 6 oz dry hop consisted of 1.5oz Equinox, 1.5 oz Amarillo, 1.5oz Mosiac and 1.5oz Citra. That beer was fantastic. Since there was 7 different hop varieties in this beer, it must have had enough going on to hide the "green pepper" flavor/aroma.
Anyways, my advise is use to use very, very little if you're only using two hop varieties. Like, an ounce or ounce-and-a-half for flavoring and and ounce or ounce-and-a-half for the dry hop. Then again, I'm not fond at all of Equinox, so YMMV.
I have not been happy with Equinox at all. I really pick up on the "green pepper" flavor/aroma, even in small amounts. I would advise using it lightly.
For example, I just finished a keg of beer that had 4oz Mosiac/2oz Equinox in the hop stand and 4oz Mosiac/2oz Equinox in the dry hop. The Equinox flavor, surprisingly, completely over powered the Mosiac with it's "green pepper" flavor.
I brewed another beer a couple months ago that was 2:1 Citra/Equinox, and even as strong as Citra is, I still got an unpleasant Equinox flavor/aroma.
With that being said, I made one beer that had Equinox in it that was great. Of the 6oz hopstand only 1 oz was Equinox, the other 5 were all different varieties. The 6 oz dry hop consisted of 1.5oz Equinox, 1.5 oz Amarillo, 1.5oz Mosiac and 1.5oz Citra. That beer was fantastic. Since there was 7 different hop varieties in this beer, it must have had enough going on to hide the "green pepper" flavor/aroma.
Anyways, my advise is use to use very, very little if you're only using two hop varieties. Like, an ounce or ounce-and-a-half for flavoring and and ounce or ounce-and-a-half for the dry hop. Then again, I'm not fond at all of Equinox, so YMMV.
